Joseph Levin, Abstract Mixed Media on Paper (c. 1950)

Description This is one of two smaller works on paper by the fascinating artist Joseph Levin.  This can stand alone, be paired with the other smaller work, or shown with both as a trio.   Details Joseph Levin (Russian/American, 1894-1979) Untitled  Ink and gouache on paper Signed in lower left hand corner 15 1/2" x 15 1/2" framed in a silver finished wooden frame, under glass Even toning to paper About the Artist Joseph Levin, born in St Petersburg in 1894, was fortunate to spend his most artistically productive years in the cultural capitals of Moscow, New York and Paris, where he studied with and was influenced by the Russian avant grade artists Mikhail Larionov and Kazimir Malevich, New York abstract expressionists Mark Rothko and Adolf Gottlieb, and School of Paris painters Marc Chagall, Henri Matisse and Jean Dubuffet.  He also traveled to China in the the early twenties and developed an interest in calligraphy which influenced his later work.  One of the most profound influen